Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has criticized certain Islamic organizations for their failure to take action in dealing with the challenges facing Muslims, Eurasia Diary reports citing Press TV

"If we still haven't made any progress regarding the Palestinian cause, if we still can't stop the exploitation of our resources, if we still can't say "stop" to the fragmentation of the Muslim world over sectarianism, that's why,” he said while addressing the Kuala Lumpur Summit 2019 in the Malaysian capital on Thursday.

Erdogan was apparently referring to the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), which has so far failed to take firm action in support of Muslim causes.

With Saudi Arabia’s king refusing to take part in the Kuala Lumpur Summit, the OIC said Wednesday it was against the interests of the Islamic community to convene meetings outside the Saudi-based organization.

Erdogan said the event would provide the opportunity for Muslim leaders “to talk freely about our issues, from Islamophobia to terrorism, divisions, internal fights ravaging our region, and sectarian and ethnic conflicts.”

Elsewhere in his remarks, the Turkish president called for a reconstitution of the United Nations Security Council to represent the 1.7 billion people of the Islamic world.

Currently China, the United States, France, the United Kingdom and Russia make up the UN body.

"The world is bigger than those five," Erdogan said.

Delivering his speech during the opening ceremony of the gathering, Malaysia's Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said the meeting was meant to understand why Islam, the Muslims and their countries were "in a state of crisis, helpless and unworthy of this great religion."